When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, he discontinued most of the company's accessory product lines, including the StyleWriter and LaserWriter.

The feed mechanism was removable, and paper could be fed through manually in a virtually straight line.

Based on the same Canon engine, this model had faster printing speed than its predecessor, but used the same ink cartridge.

It was based on the Canon BJC-600 series of Bubble Jet printers, with which it shares ink cartridge compatibility.

[8] The Color StyleWriter 2400 is notable for its compatibility with the Apple Pippin console gaming system.

[1] The 2200, the color successor of the Portable StyleWriter was aimed at mobile professionals, as it could be powered by a battery and only weighed 3.1 lbs.

It was based on a Canon-developed Bubble Jet printer,[10] but was repackaged with a new housing, firmware, and Apple's proprietary 8-pin mini-DIN serial port.

Apple offered LocalTalk and EtherTalk networking upgrades in the form of external print server devices.